Rail-anchor.



M. E. HAGENQ RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION EILED FEB.26, 1912.

Patented 0 cm. 22, 1912.

ill/Ill! I z// 1 1 '9 Witwzeoao UNITED s'rarns patron onrion MICHAEL E.HAGEN, -OE PAUL SMITHS, NEW YORK.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

adapted for application to the base of a rail to prevent it fromcreeping; arid the object of the same is to improve the construction ofa device of this character so that no nut need be employed. This objectis accomplished by giving the parts the relative shapes hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein Figure1 is a perspective view portion of a rail mounted on two ties, and myimproved rail anchor applied to the former and resting against one ofthe ties.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the rail, and an end elevationof the anchonand one tie. Fig. 8 is a cross section taken about on theline 33 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective details respectively ofthe shank with its fixed jaw, and of the movable member or jaw.

in the drawings the letter R designates an ordinary rail and the letter,T a tie. This anchor is intended to be clamped beneath the base of arail between two ties and adjacent one of them in the; direction whichthe rail is apt to creep; that is, adjacent that face of a tie which isnearer one end ofthe rail than its center because in the normalexpansion of a rail it usually remains stationary at or near itscenter-and slips a little over the ties toward its extremities.

My improved anchor comprises a shank 1 preferably flattened on its upperface as at c and ha ing cast integral with one extremit a fixed aw 3provided with a groove 4, while its other extremity is formed into aT-head which is produced by casting upon its sides two rather thin lugs5 which are opposite each other and stand in a horizontal plane parallelwith that of the groove 4.

The nume al 6 designates a washer member (best seen in Fig. 5) which hasthrough Specification of Letters Patent. i

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its body an opening 7 of a shape and size to permit passage through itof the extremity of the shank l and both its lugs 5, and across theinner face of this washer 'is cut a groove at corresponding with thatnumbered 4 in the fixed jaw 3. Below the opening this washer which mightbe called the movable member, is'formed with an integral spur '8projecting inward and adapted to underlie the shank 1 as seen. The thirdmember of this improved anchor is made up of. a cam-head 9 having formedthrough it an opening 7 corresponding in shape with that numbered 7 w inthe movable jaw, andhaving formed on its outer face two cams 10' as bestseen in Fig. 1. From one side of this head there projects radially alever 11, whose body is preferably bent a little asshown and whose outerextremity is rounded as at 12. v

The three parts making up this improved anchor are by preference made ofmalleable casting or soft steel of the desired proportions about asshown in the drawings.

In use, the shank is passed beneath the base of the rail and the grooveat of the fixed jaw 3 isengagedwith the inner flange thereof. Theopening 7 in the movable jaw 6 is then passed over the other end of theshank, and the groove 4 against the outer flange of the rail. Theopening 7 in the head 9 of the third member is then passed over theouter end of the shank, with the fiat side of said head next the movablejaw and the cam faces thereof outermost. Finally the handle ismanipulated so as to turn this third member in the direction of thearrow, and the cam faces engage behind the lug 5 so that the head 9 isborne against the movable jaw 6 and the latter forced into. closeengagement with the outer flange of the rail base, the same as the fixedjaw s forced into close engagement with the inner flange. The shank 1now serves as a means for connecting the two jaws, and the spur 8 slidesinward along its under face so as to prevent canting of the outer ormovable jaw 6 under the strain which takes place. The

lever 11' is depressed farther and farther to tighten the anchor uponthe rail, and

finally its extremity is engaged behind a tie T as shown, the whole thenbeing possibly covered 'ith the ballast which forms part of the rd dbed,although this is not necessary. Ifjnow the tie should begin to creep inthe direction of the arrow in the drawings, it is obvious that theextremity of the lever 11 will be pressed more firmly against the tie Tand'its head 9 will be turned in a direction to force the higher part ofthe cams 10 behind the lugs 5, so that the only result would be totighten up the device with a yet firmer grip upon the rail base andprevent it from slipping as the rail moves over the ties.

Devices of this kind have heretofore been made wherein a nut was engagedwith threads on the extremity of a bolt, and other devices have beenemployed wherein the movable jaw was pivoted to the shank. My presentinvention avoids the objections which might be urged against both ofthese 'constructions-tlie one requiring a nut lock or else the nutbecomes loose, and the other requiring protection from rust or itspivoted member may not work. In the present invention, if the railshould creep ever so little the contact of the outer end of the leverwith the tie must cause the cam head to turn somewhat on the shank, andeven though the parts hive become rusted together therust will be brokenunder the strain set up.

Whatsis claimed as new is:

The herein described rail anchor comprising a shank having a fixed jawat one extremity and; oppositely disposed lugs at its other extremity; amovable jaw having an opening shaped to be passed over the last-namedextremity of the shank and its lugs; and a third member consisting of acam head having a similarly-shaped opening through its body and on itsouter face a pair of cams adapted to engage behind said lugs, and alever projecting radially from said head, bent in its body, and

rounded at its outer extremity.

In testimony whereoi I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witmesses.

MICHAEL E. HAGEN.

Witnesses:

"WM. B. DAVIDSON, FRED LAMORA.

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